The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26
Weekly News Summary,
Vermont.


burned the 10Th.
OsGooD SARGENT has been appointed post
master at Mendon.
Mrs. Il. A. MCQUEsTIoN a st. Adams
mlliner, has failed.
A wIRE-MATTREss mandatory has been
started at North Troy.
THE Estey Organ Company's last monthly
pay roll footed $4,000.
WEBSTER & CoRIIss, grocers at Lyndon
vile, have been petitioned into insolvency.
Mrs. j. GREGORY SMITHS Notes of
Travel" have been translated into German.
G. s. FORBES is a member of the commit
tees on "ball and " slide" for the Bur-
lingtou carnival.
HENRY ALLARD, aged seventy-six, of
West Burke, committed suicide recently.
Supposed insane.
ALEXANDER BENNETT of Vergennes com
mtted suicide by throwing himself in front
of a train at Newark, n. J.
IT is estimated that $500 quarts of milk
are used in Rutland in n day, which is de-
livered by thirteen dealers.
THpRE has been $1,000 pledged by sub
scrption toward building "A new Congrega-
tional church at Cambridge.
The state Normal School at Castleton had
the unprecedented attendance of l69 pupils
during their term just closed
REV. A. A. ROBERTSON has resigned the
pastOrate of the Congregational church in
Vergennes, to take effect May 3.
THE Vermont Savings Bank of Brattle-
boro, according to its annual statement, has
deposits now amounting to S2,016,0O0
THE late Thomas McDaniels of Benning-
ton gave $4,000 to the state to help equip
troops at the outbreak of the rebellion.
REV. DIR. GEORGE b. Stafford of Brook
Ign, n. Y, formerly of Burlington, has re-
ceived a call to a Congregational church in
Elkhart Ind.
The school-house at East Barnard was
burned last Wednesday night together
with the books and school apparatus The
house was fully insured.
A RUTLAND man deposited 500 in the
savings bank in 1856, but has added nothing
to it since. Thursday the interest was
figured up and it amounted to S1l3.
THE ice in the broad lake at Burlington is
out, and is broken up in Burlington bay.
No one expected the great thaw until about
the time of the Burlington carnival
THE brick farm dwelling-house at Ma
guam, owned by j. A. Bedard, with con-
tents, was totally destroyed by fire Friday,
by reason presumably, of defective chin
ney. Insured for 81 800.
SPEAKING of snow, in Rochester, Windsor
county, the snow is reported to be five feet
deep on level. Lumber business is at
standstill, as it is impossible for the lumber
lhch w ~ lnlO Jllt NOOuS lOl lOSSs
ANsEL HAWKINS of st. Johnsbury has
just received a check from ID. X. Allen of
Wichita, Kan, former resident of Burke,
for $1,000 to apply on a note of $3.50 he holds
which was given about thirty years ago.
A NUMBER of prominent Vermonters, in
Guiding Colonel John b. Mead of Randolph,
Hon. Nelson Gay of Gaysville and Captain
III. n. Bruce of Barnard, are preparing to
plant large New England colony in Da-
kota in the spring.
OWING to information that there is quite
body of snow in Southern Pennsylvania
Governor Ormsbee has postponed the visit
to Gettysburg which the Vermont monu-
ment commissioners had intended to make
the oath of this month, until Monday,
April Is.
The musical convention which was held
at Newport recently was very successful.
Dr. Palmer, Mrs. Shepard and Miss XII
leski were the leading talent and the at
tendance was large, the chorus numbering
nearly two hundred. The net receipts were
about 500.
THE old board of officers and directors of
the Vermont Life Insurance Company at
Burlington was reelected at the annual
meeting last week. The report shows
surplus security, including capital to the
policy holders, of SLY 900. More business
was done in the fifteen days of 1887 than in
January and February of last year.
WHILE the Kickapoo Indians were at
East Berkshire recently selling their rene
dies, little girl, hearing considerable said
about Indian oil" said: Mamma where
do they get all the Indians to make oil out
off" Her mother then broke it to her
gently that Indian oil is not obtained by
process similar to that which produces
hens oil, skunk's oil and the like.-.NeS-
Senger.
Action has been brought by the law firm
of Furman Ayers of Swanton, against
Frank Anterior, sheriff of Washington
county, on behalf of Nathaniel Sheets for
false imprisonment and malicious prosecu-
ton, damages being placed at So 600. Sheets
was arrested two years ago and at the time
Atherton had an encounter with the Lake
Champlain fishermen while trying to seize
their nets. 1t is rumored that other suits
are to follow.
THE following patents have been granted
to Vermonters during the past week: To
the Porter Manufacturing Company by as
signment from Edwin l.. Gray and George
ID. Wright of Burlington, for an extension
screen; William III. Blanchard of Pownal,
tension device for grain-binders; Chester NJ.
Huckins of West Topsham, bridle-bt; Ed
ward Goss, assignor of two-thirds to G. H.
Magoon and G. j. Collins of st. Johnsbury,
feed water-heater
THE danger of being too familiar with
school teachers was demonstrated at the
recent term of Addison county court, when
Salisbury woman was fined Slj for slap
ping school teacher in the face. The
teacher had dared to discipline wayward
pupil, and the latters indignant and fool.
ish parent undertook to get revenge. Al
Sl5 a slap, there are not a great many
parents in Salisbury who can afford tC
amuse themselves in that manner.
Other Localities.
LORD CHEsTERFIELD is dead.
PROFESSOR BROOKS has discovered another
comet.
ANOTHER ministerial crisis has occurred
in France.
SEVEN cases of smallpox are reported il
New York city.
DAVID A. WATSON, poet and essayist o
Boston, is dead.
CORNWALL, Ont, was seriously damage'
by flood last week.
AN Anglo-American Masonic lodge is t.
be formed in London.
STANLEY was given an ovation in Londol
on his departure for Africa.
THE present winter is said to be the cold
est for years in Washington.
INDIANA railroads had their worst snow
blockade for years last week.
CARDINAL JACoBINI, Papal secretary O
state, has resigned that office.
FLANCE is said to be preparing miltar
camps on the German frontier.
THIRTY-NINE cadets have been dismisse,
from West Point for deficiency.
A FIRE in Grpanhal1 Maga Friday